Category Archives: fetal pain

By Dave Andrusko We all know the French adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Never, ever was that more true than in listening to the pro-abortion drivel on display yesterday in the

By Heather Hobbs Jaelyn Barnes had a miscarriage at eleven weeks. Baby Nielson, as you can see in this family photo, was a human being. This being Jaelyn’s fifth child, she was an experienced mother and their

By Dave Andrusko Next Tuesday the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. As we have discussed time after time, this bill has widespread public support and is already the

By Dave Andrusko Shortly after a morning press conference held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at which NRLC Legislative Director Jennifer Popik spoke, McCarthy announced the House will vote on H.R. 36, the Pain- Capable Unborn

WASHINGTON – At a press conference led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), National Right to Life, the federation of state right-to-life organizations and over 3,000 local chapters, urged members of Congress to pass the Pain-Capable

By Dave Andrusko Legislation to ban aborting pain-capable unborn children is now the law in 14 states. Why? Because there is overwhelming medical evidence that by 20 weeks (if not earlier), the preborn is capable of experiencing

Editor’s note. Since this editorial appeared in the May digital edition of NRL News, which went online Monday, South Carolina’s Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H3114) cleared the final two hurdles in the House and has moved

By Dave Andrusko There are certain “givens” that pro-abortionists will defend with the unborn child’s dying breath. They constitute such a key component of the pro-abortion narrative that there is no amount of evidence that can be

By Dave Andrusko On March 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from a panel of expert witnesses on two very important bills: S. 2066, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor’s Protection Act, and S.1553, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child

By Jeff Wenzler Editor’s note. Wisconsin Right to Life has posted a series of stories showing the faces of pain-capable unborn children. We are reposting all of them. As Wisconsin RTL wrote, “There are times when pain-capable

Editor’s note. This appeared on the webpage of Wisconsin Right to Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. There was a time not too long ago when obstetricians once claimed that newborns felt no pain, so it was okay to

By Dave Andrusko With the 42nd anniversary of Roe just nine days away, it is about the time when the annual crescendo of media attention [read cacophony] begins to roar. Many are just pro-abortion press releases